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As a security guy - as soon as I can get federal auditors to agree, I'm getting rid of password expiration.
The main problem is they don't audit with logic. It's a script and a feeling. No password expiration FEELS less secure. Nevermind the literal years of data and research. Drives me nuts.
Cite NIST SP 800-63B.
https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63b.html
I've successfully used it to tell auditors to fuck off about password rotation in the healthcare space.
Now, to be in compliance with NIST guidelines, you do also need to require MFA. This document is what federal guidelines are based on, which is why you're starting to see Federal gov websites require MFA for access.
Either way, I'd highly encourage everyone to give the full document a read through. Not enough people are aware of it and this revision was shockingly reasonable when it came out a year or two ago.
It's counterintuitive. Drives people to use less secure passwords that they're likely to reuse or to just increment; Password1, Password2, etc.